Stanford’s Autonomous Racer Hits 120 MPH on the Track

We first met Stanford’s robotic Audi TTS back in 2009, and while it’s managed to climb Pike’s Peak all by itself, it didn’t do so in a time that was all that impressive. More recently, Stanford let Shelley off the leash at California’s Thunderhill Raceway, where it almost (almost!) destroyed all human drivers with some aggressive laps around the track. [read more..]